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7/12/2011 2:07PM

digits: Yahoo Branching Out; Amazon Fighting Mad

WSJ's Simon Constable and Peter Kafka have breaking news about Yahoo's plan to launch a new content network. Also, WSJ's Stu Woo describes the battle heating up between Amazon and California over the state's tax proposal.

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kg ... Yahoo is launching new ones and then amortizing know what later this year as it looks to increase ... overall revenue comeback winning the story just filed by MAF Friday on the vs Datacom ... the auto executives of trying to convince website publishers and and and that I made sizeable toolbox to install new software that would deliver articles and did videos to visit is on its core content customization with a lot more on that story ... and Dodd will be coming back to back to ... later in the tie as and when we can get the or the format ... interesting stuff right yet Yahoo bought an ad network company months ago I would I would be surprised if this is that with ... them ... or on on the move I'm hoping turning things around ... some ... things that are somewhat better in something OK now sprite along with the Amazon the story that is to woo ... with a Wall Street down on how and Sanford's as go ... bonds due ... Amazon wants to go public over seven on the public to get attention ... yes RedZone last month California became at least the ninth state ... to pass out what it what people are calling these Amazon lost ... the work force online retailers to collect sales taxes ... in states of the law passed in the last month ... when Amazon did on Friday was the filed a petition ... that would start the process of by getting a measure on the ballot that would repeal that while ... I'm paydown that they require five hundred and four thousandseven hundred and sixty signatures ... to qualify for the month of the great TaxMama ... it seems like an will fall all sorts of Omaha familiar ... I think if the California cities to get ballots to get his attention on its balance of the few want to make it happen ... after Monday's ... helps me that it's clean California cost two to three but the signature together but to be at the money you have to for nine dollars and the good news week off by this if they wanted ... and then it gets on the balance I'll what's the likelihood that this is over time given the ... dire fiscal slate that tough ... California's them ... what's hard to say this can be huge Battle hymn of the news is that the company been in thirty five thirty four billion in revenue last year the ousting of a lot of money into it ... but if the look of the opposition ... on their good and being up roughly union supporting this because that that that that XL offerings in them were ready to stay ... and yet the look of the big box retailers like Wal-Mart and Target ... which have supported these anti Amazon bills because they think that the enzymes making these tax free sales and states because the new roughly nine percent yield advantage so Wal-Mart best buy target Safeway is doesn't like ... Moore twenty three minutes ... the village is in the ... constituency we haven't heard of ... her from ... is fairly small but loud ... their website operators to use Amazon affiliate programs ... it is like a lot of money from this job every the proportion of that total income corrects now aam and and I know couple is a podcast away from Adam Grollo they rely on this ... um they're not cut off ... and you might see dancers campaigning on Amazon's be happen ... and it got super populist argument that might be a good counterbalance the folks ... at B of thing but that some people might do some ease affiliate switches into this is where the Quanxing is unlikely the state's honest about that one day from his California needs businesses of my ... I do it and toasted law passed in Illinois and a few months ago and some Illinois this is that that did actually been to Wisconsin after this happen so I'm not sure I've heard of any company live to ... do it something about leaving but that certainly a possibility ... and I met with one before that ... in this place now speed up ... the new one he warns that some of ... the fundamental leave of the tech industry in new ways of doing business ... businesses are Maggie Amazon for a long time Mr. keeps getting pushed into the ruck this first years villas are to come to the forefront I think yes ... we have to pay tax on Amazon's ... sales the week we did a rare ... day ... when we get the ... most of an honest here so I could go into Amazon's apposite around the resort because or city taxes to discover that ... it's an honest it comes to stay it's been a price ... on something for consumers this is certain to shrug ... off for tax prep states most of which are taxed at especially Shellpoint is a much bigger yes and and the top twenty is more in the cash strapped Samet comments praising its huge holes to ALM ... how much popular support is that for some ... slashing spending and debt and ... increasing taxes ... um well you if you look at the polls people was both well you know well or taxes sound and that you know in in in in local spending yes we can have both calm ... you know that in the Amazon Tax Hearing Calpers's did as expected bring in roughly two hundred million a year ... that's not what we consider that the budget gap that that that twenty seven billion last year but